THE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION EFFECTS AND MEANS OF CREATING AWARENESS ON RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR BEVERAGE (A CASE STUDY OF MILO FOOD DRINKS)

THE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION EFFECTS AND MEANS OF CREATING AWARENESS ON RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR BEVERAGE (A CASE STUDY OF MILO FOOD DRINKS)

ABSTRACT

This research work on the management and administrative effects and means of creating awareness on radio and television for beverages was carefully carried out based on the essential lateness in business administration and management courses. I was also able to recognize the fact that there are some management and administration functions that need to be justified in order to have a good successful outcome. Other significant changes have been effected in the project arrangement when I found out that creating awareness plays an objective roles in administration and management aspects in promotional strategy of a firm in clearing its main objectives

CHAPTER ONE

1.0       INTRODUCTION

Business administration and management implies all those human foundation performed to satisfy consumer need and management through the production and exchange process, firms, which have adopted the marketing concepts, mostly because of the aim at finding what the consumer need and wants, providing such needs and wants to the consumer effectively and efficiently as possible.

Normally, know matter how qualitative a product may be, it cannot sell itself in the market because consumer must be aware of the product attribute so that the competitive market will not be allowed to competitor the product with the other product in the market.  Hence the need for advertisement comes to play.

The creation of awareness on goods and services is a powerful administrating and communication tool used by the organisation to fulfill a specific promotion task.  It is an impossional form of communication or presentation of goods and services and idea conducted through paid from media under an identified sponsorship.  The media of creating awareness is significant to marketing tools which helps to sell goods and services, image and idea through information for persuasion.

Television and radio are the fastest cursing for media.  It also combine vision and audio with movement.  It has proves to arrest attention, television audience to broad (whole family).  Radio on the other hand, allows the customer to do other things while listening, that is why nestle food makers of milo food drinks has decided to use these media for creating awareness.

1.1     GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE NESTLE (MILO) FOOD PLC

The background of economic changes brought about the high demand for consumer product like food drinks in the manufacturing sector of the economy that made a call to duly in many manufacturing industries of which nestle food Nigeria Plc began simple trading operation in Nigeria in 1961 and had today grown into a leading food manufacturing and marketing company.  It is publicly quoted that company’s listed since 1978 on the Nigeria stock exchange with about 11,500 (eleven thousand five hundred) Nigeria share holders participating in 60% (sixty percent) of the company’s equity is owned by the nestle S.A. of Switzerland.

Moreover there are other food drink manufacturing companies like Christies plc, maser plc/Cadbury etc., located all over the country.  Inspite of these companies nestle food companies had continue to service the strong competition with its branches evenly devastated throughout the country.

1.2       PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER

Remember we discussed earlier the reason why organisation embark on creating awareness.  Carrying home to our project/research topic we identified the makers of beverages (and of course milo food drink) embarking on radio and television means of creating awareness.

To sustain the product (milo) which has already gained acceptance in the Nigeria market.

To secure sales lead is also another problem and when they are all modification to the customer.

Other reasons are as follows:-

To introduce a new price policy education consumers demand other product in the category, introduce special offer, create/build retail stores etc, can be an objective of creating awareness depending on situation circumstances.  However, reasons load to objective and therefore the objective for creating awareness via radio and television could be one or all the above.

THE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION EFFECTS AND MEANS OF CREATING AWARENESS ON RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR BEVERAGE (A CASE STUDY OF MILO FOOD DRINKS)